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tfunk
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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 Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:05 am Post subject: Chuseok 2009 - when? |
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I arrived on September 17th and missed out on the Chuseok holiday. Problem is, Chuseok seems to move around a bit, depending on what the moon is doing, so it's possible that I'll miss the holiday next year if it's moved after September 17th.
Any moonologists around? |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:49 am Post subject: |
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We weren't very lucky this year.
Two of those three days fell on a weekend, so we only got a 3-day weekend.
Last year, we were lucky.
We got a 5-day weekend.
Next year, it will be October 29-31.
That's Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, which will give us a 4-day weekend. |
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tfunk
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:56 am Post subject: |
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| tomato wrote: |
We weren't very lucky this year.
Two of those three days fell on a weekend, so we only got a 3-day weekend.
Last year, we were lucky.
We got a 5-day weekend.
Next year, it will be October 29-31.
That's Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, which will give us a 4-day weekend. |
Please tell me you're joking? It's in October!? I don't get it at all...boo hoo.  |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:35 am Post subject: |
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It usually falls in October.
It was early this year.
I never could understand astronomical holidays.
I don't understand how Easter is set, either. |
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artyom
Joined: 28 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| tomato wrote: |
Next year, it will be October 29-31.
That's Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, which will give us a 4-day weekend. |
Next Year Chuseok day is Saturday October 3rd which means the chuseok period will again only be a 3-day holiday 2nd-4th October.
It's always on the 15th day of the 8th month in the lunar calendar.
| tomato wrote: |
It usually falls in October.
It was early this year.
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I think for the next 10 years it will only fall in October twice. |
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tfunk
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:28 am Post subject: |
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The first time I came here there were about 9 days national holiday guaranteed.
My contract says '..in addition to Korean national holidays'. I thought 'Korean national holidays' was a fixed figure, 9 to be exact.
Sucks. Two years ago all the chuseok days fell on weekdays...my boss decided that we could have the other 2 working days off if we made up for it on the following Saturdays. I went to China, now I have nothing, nothing....ahhhhh, ye Gods, why do you torment me so?
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:55 am Post subject: |
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| tomato wrote: |
It usually falls in October.
It was early this year.
I never could understand astronomical holidays.
I don't understand how Easter is set, either. |
Easter is easy (first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox)... but I can't for the life of me figure out the lunar calendar! |
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mishlert
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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| artyom wrote: |
Next Year Chuseok day is Saturday October 3rd which means the chuseok period will again only be a 3-day holiday 2nd-4th October.
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Lunar New Year will from Sunday, January 25th, to Monday the 27th. So, if you don't work on Saturday you will have a 4 day weekend; the lucky ones will get a '10 day' weekend. |
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Otherside
Joined: 06 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| artyom wrote: |
| tomato wrote: |
Next year, it will be October 29-31.
That's Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, which will give us a 4-day weekend. |
Next Year Chuseok day is Saturday October 3rd which means the chuseok period will again only be a 3-day holiday 2nd-4th October.
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If you need even more reason to cry... the 3rd of October is another public holiday (foundation day), so for 4 public holidays, you just get 1 day off (Friday). For those of us in Public schools, I'm sure we'll get a couple of extra days...but for the poor Hagwon guys...2009 is gonna be 1 bad year Holiday-wise. (only 6 public holidays the whole year fall on weekdays!!) |
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